Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
Filed accounts
NACE 84120 · financial year 2025 · 40 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 47.5% | 42.0% | 48.3% | 47.2% |
| Median net result | €11,525 | €22,994 | €6,188 | €15,599 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 16-01-2026 | XYRUS
BE 0472.824.520 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 136 of 145 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Brussels
- Wallonia
The balance sheets of division 84 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 84120 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 GasthuisZusters AntwerpenAntwerp 1,281 FTEfinancial year 2024
- 2 Oeuvres des Frères de la CharitéNamur 1,267 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 Agentschap Integratie en InburgeringBrussels 728 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 INTERGEMEENTELIJK OPBOUWWERK ARRONDISSEMENT LEUVEN-WERKHolsbeek 112 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 West-Vlaamse IntercommunaleBruges 104 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 10 companies- 329.02 Socio-cultural sector 2
- 337 Auxiliary committee for the non-profit sector 2
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 1
- 121 Cleaning 1
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 1
- 327.01 Sheltered and social workshops 1
- 329.01 Socio-cultural sector 1
- 330 Health institutions and services 1
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- 335 Services and support for business and the self-employed 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 84: Public administration and defence
Related activities
7 other activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public administration and defence; compulsory social security84114 | 595 | 0 | 0 | 568 |
| Public administration and defence; compulsory social security84115 | 593 | 0 | 0 | 92 |
| Public administration and defence; compulsory social security84112 | 209 | 1 | 0 | 791 |
| Public administration and defence; compulsory social security84130 | 147 | 1 | 0 | 662 |
| Public administration and defence; compulsory social security84119 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 834 |
| Public administration and defence; compulsory social security84111 | 40 | 0 | 0 | - |
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| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public administration and defence; compulsory social security84113 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
Bankruptcies per year in division 84
| Per year | 2015 | 2020 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jobs lost | 1 | 30 | 3 |
2024 through September. Every bankruptcy, also of companies that have since left the register. Source: Statbel (Directorate-General Statistics), NACE classification of 2008.
Staff cost per FTE in NACE division 84
112 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €77,500 | €59,200 to €95,700 | 42 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €85,300 | €72,100 to €106,000 | 35 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €85,000 | €76,000 to €101,600 | 29 |
Employers with the highest staff cost per FTE in this division All sectors by staff cost In the Analysis workbench
None of the 2,032 companies in NACE division 84 has a parent company abroad.
Subsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €30.65bn awarded
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €1.99bn paid
- Federal transfers 115.82bn amount as published
- EU budget €90.0m attributed share
- EU research €72.8m EU contribution
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Balance sheet and result. Liquidity of 3.54 is above Belgium's 1.66. Return on equity of 4.9% is below Belgium's 15.9%. 7.9% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.0% is below Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. Brussels holds 39.0% of the seats, against 12.5% in Belgium. Half of the companies are younger than 20.3 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. 6.2% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium.
Staff and filing. 11.6% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 3,492 of the 3,827 FTE: 91.2%.
Direction. The median net result rose from €11,525 in financial year 2022 to €15,599 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 09-11-2026 05:30.
Method and sources
Every company registered today counts under its main activities in the KBO. Establishment units do not count. Staff counts once, under the employer's first main activity, from its latest accounts and only where it fits the staff costs. The count follows the NACE 2025 classification, the version in which code 84120 exists.
The bankruptcies over five years count only companies still registered today, because the activity of a company that left the register is not kept. So they are fewer than the bankruptcies of those years, and the figure is not a probability for the future. Over twelve months the count is nearly complete, because a bankrupt company stays registered while its bankruptcy runs. A company with more than one main activity counts in each of those sectors.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other NACE divisions rests on an overview of every division, counted again each night. Each division is counted in the version of the NACE classification in which it exists. A standing such as "more than in 80%" compares with the other divisions that have the figure. A division's bankruptcy probability is the median over its companies with a score. Belgium here counts the 1,276,461 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,442 registrations publish no activity.
Each median is the value of the middle company, computed over the annual accounts of financial year 2025, and is shown only from 30 accounts. A share (loss-making, negative equity) counts that year's accounts with that trait. Accounts are late when they are filed after the statutory deadline. The direction per financial year follows the companies still registered today. Missing or 90 days late counts the companies with accounts missing today, or whose latest were filed more than 90 days after the deadline. The dossier follows the same rule.